Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: As Rowan Moore concludes, The UK is not 'completely without quality when it comes to ...
As Rowan Moore concludes,
The UK is not 'completely without quality when it comes to social housing... But there’s a level of imagination & determination in some of the best European projects, combined with a breadth of vision that includes the social as well as the functional aspects of housing, that our risk-averse public agencies have yet to match'!
We need to look to European examples if we are to really make social housing work better for us.
#SocialHousing
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/09/it-looks-like-its-for-rich-people-why-britain-should-look-to-europe-for-its-council-housing-revolution-paris-barcelona-palma-mallorca-fbaa-francois-brugel-vivas-arquitectos-peris-toral-maio-ibavi-cris-ballester-parets
The UK is not 'completely without quality when it comes to social housing... But there’s a level of imagination & determination in some of the best European projects, combined with a breadth of vision that includes the social as well as the functional aspects of housing, that our risk-averse public agencies have yet to match'!
We need to look to European examples if we are to really make social housing work better for us.
#SocialHousing
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/09/it-looks-like-its-for-rich-people-why-britain-should-look-to-europe-for-its-council-housing-revolution-paris-barcelona-palma-mallorca-fbaa-francois-brugel-vivas-arquitectos-peris-toral-maio-ibavi-cris-ballester-parets